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National Law Journal

SDNY Short-Lister, Morgan Lewis Partner Helps Guide Showtime's 'Billions'

For those who appreciate verisimilitude in their cable TV dramas, a highlight of this week's "Billions" season finale on Showtime came when a young prosecutor told her boss, a fictional U.S. attorney, that she was leaving for a real-life law firm. The show smartly name-dropped Sullivan & Cromwell—the place to be for upwardly mobile securities fraud experts looking to trade a government paycheck for something much, much more lucrative.
18 minute read

The American Lawyer

SDNY Short-Lister, Morgan Lewis Partner Helps Guide Showtime's 'Billions'

For those who appreciate verisimilitude in their cable TV dramas, a highlight of this week's "Billions" season finale on Showtime came when a young prosecutor told her boss, a fictional U.S. attorney, that she was leaving for a real-life law firm. The show smartly name-dropped Sullivan & Cromwell—the place to be for upwardly mobile securities fraud experts looking to trade a government paycheck for something much, much more lucrative.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Court Permits Evidence in Russian Laundering Case

Against opposition from the Russian government, a Manhattan federal judge has admitted evidence that may boost efforts by U.S. prosecutors to seize property related to an alleged money laundering scheme.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Court Permits Evidence in Russian Laundering Case

Against opposition from the Russian government, a Manhattan federal judge has admitted evidence that may boost efforts by U.S. prosecutors to seize property related to an alleged money laundering scheme.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Won't Force Morgan Lewis to Open Files to Feds in Fraud Case

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the government's obligation to disclose favorable evidence in a criminal prosecution doesn't extend to lawyers conducting a parallel internal investigation.
36 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Won't Force Morgan Lewis to Open Files to Feds in Fraud Case

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the government's obligation to disclose favorable evidence in a criminal prosecution doesn't extend to lawyers conducting a parallel internal investigation.
36 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Hearing on DOJ Nominees Pivots to Comey

The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Noel Francisco for solicitor general, Makan Delrahim to head the Antitrust Division and Steven Engel to oversee the Office of Legal Counsel, but committee Democrats used their time to address the FBI director's termination.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Hearing on DOJ Nominees Pivots to Comey

The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Noel Francisco for solicitor general, Makan Delrahim to head the Antitrust Division and Steven Engel to oversee the Office of Legal Counsel, but committee Democrats used their time to address the FBI director's termination.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Charges Against Amtrak Engineer for Fatal Derailment

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that it would not file criminal charges against the Amtrak train engineer operating the train during the May 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed 8 and injured 200 more.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Nix

Post-Verdict Subpoenas Quashed; Rule 17(c) Not Satisfied, 'Fishing Expedition' Noted
3 minute read

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